The 28th day of the final month in the lunar calendar is a very special day. It is the tradition of Hong Kong, Macau and places in southern Guangdong to have an annual clean-up. In 2024, it falls on 7 February (Wednesday).
This annual clean-up was illustrated and recorded in the nianhua (年畫) of the 19th Century.
Renewing the Peachwood Board (桃符換彩)
The woman is cleaning some ornamental pieces.The woman is cleaning some ornamental pieces.
The two scripts Hóng xǐ (鴻禧) means Happy New Year.
Patrick Siu Chinese Calligraphy & Landscape Painting 蕭燿漢談書畫 
Thank you so much for your kind support. I should start the cleaning up of my place.
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Hi Patrick
Thank you for reminding me this practice. I still remembered my mother and my grandmother’s cleaning up all those years ago. After that, they made all the New Year cakes, deep fried “kok ji” and the very large and round “jin dui”. Those were the days…….
It is sheer serendipity that I have also cleaned my house and roof top garden just yesterday !!
Best regards Dorothy
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 9:45 AM, “Patrick Siu Chinese Calligraphy &
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